As a young church planter I wanted a tribe to belong to. So, I started gathering a few other young church planters for mutual learning, accountability, and encouragement. Before long, Mars Hill Church was formally supporting church planters in both the U.S. and India. Then, I met Pastor David Nicholas, whose Spanish River Church had generously supported church planters for many years. Together, we founded the Acts 29 church-planting network.
For the first years, the network offices were housed in Florida, as David served as our president. Then the offices were moved to Seattle when I assumed the presidency. Since that time, David has passed on to see the Jesus he loved face to face, and Acts 29 has grown rapidly, now totaling more than 400 churches in the U.S., as well as ...
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Darrin Patrick, Vice President of the Acts 29 Network and lead pastor of The Journey Church in St. Louis, authored Church Planter, published by Crossway.
Crossway has generously allowed us to post Chapter 2 for free.
Get it here.
Join Us for the Church Planter Conference in San Jose on June 3-4
We are excited to be joining The Gospel Coalition and NorCal Network to bring Mark Driscoll, D.A. Carson, Matt Chandler, Scott Thomas and Jeff Vanderstelt to San Jose in June to speak to church members, leaders and planters about getting on mission through church planting to see more people meet Jesus. Don't miss your opportunity to hear from leading influencers about God's mission to save the lost through Spirit-led and empowered church planting. ...
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Darrin Patrick, Vice President of the Acts 29 Network and lead pastor of The Journey Church in St. Louis, authored Church Planter, published by Crossway. With permission, we are sharing from Chapter 2, where he tells the story of his calling to ministry.
I was sitting in my very first Christian summer camp worship service, and to be honest, I was a little creeped out by the sheer volume of youth group kids in the chapel of this small, denominational Christian college. The college was located on a mountain, and half of its facilities were in Tennessee and half were in Georgia.We were in the South with a capital S.I had never been in the South before. Where I grew up, there was a strange combination of Midwestern and Southern culture, which meant that some people were ...
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Tags: calling, calling of a church planter, what does it mean to be called to ministry, what's a ministry call, what is a call, how do you know if you're called to ministry, how do you know if you're called, how do you find your call, spiritual gifts, spiritual calling, vocational calling, darrin patrick, the journey church st. louis, church planter book, crossway
This February 2-4, abandon the cold and head to sunny Orlando to join us for the two-part event -- Acts 29 Boot Camp and Resurgence Conference: Our Fathers and Our Future.
For those who register for the conference plus boot camp (no additional charge), we are bringing in four Acts 29 church planters to teach -- these pastors' workshops are available only to boot camp registrants.
For those who want to be assessed or credited for boot camp, these are required sessions. Here's the list of topics and who our speakers are:
REGISTRATION AND MORE INFORMATION
Acts 29 Boot Camp Workshop Schedule:
February 2, 2011:
1:00 pm - "Why the Gospel Matters" Daniel Montgomery2:00pm - "Finding Rhythm and Balance in Your Work as Church Planter" Tyler Jones
February 3, ...
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Tags: church planting, acts 29, network, orlando, boot camp, resurgence, conference, faith of our fathers, history, reformed, training, pastoral training, gospel, mission, man, message, darrin patrick, ed marcelle, tyler jones, matt carter, daniel montgomery
Come join us at the Phoenix Boot Camp on November 9-10, in Phoenix, AZ. Praxis Church is hosting the Boot Camp, where we will look at the Gospel movement into the city. We have a great lineup of speakers you don't want to miss.
Speakers- Wayne Grudem – “Theology and the Surge”- Darrin Patrick – “Leadership and the Surge”- Jeff Vanderstelt – “The Gospel and the Surge”- Matt Carter – “Mission and the Surge”- Scott Thomas - "Networks and the Surge"- Justin Anderson – “Leadership Development/Preaching and the Surge”- David Kinnaman – “The Future and the Surge"
CostEarly bird $99 by Sept. 30$129 by Oct. 31$149 after | $99 per couple for assessment
LocationPraxis Church2150 E. Southern Ave. ...
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Tags: acts 29, acts 29 network, a29, Acts29, boot camp, phoenix, az, wayne grudem, darrin patrick, jeff vanderstelt, matt carter, justin anderson, david kinnaman
